The Sun. — London, England, 1818-04-02 00:00:00

and emolument, he is at liberty so to do : the' disposal of offices being a matter of favour and discretion."—(Blackst. Com. v 01.4, p. 53.)—The English Constitution thus denying, - any Ecclesias flea! Supremacy, and the union of Church and State being the very vital principle of that happy Constitution (far both must stand or fall together), the ineligibility of Papists to fill stations of politi cal power necessatily follows, because it is as vital a principle of their belief that Ecclesiastical Supremacy does and should exist, and is superior to all "'Tempot al or Civil" Government, and because they ascribe that Supremacy to an exist ent Power, foreign and inimical to our Protestant 'Constitutimi—the Pope. The impolicy of admitting them to political power is egnally deducible from what has been advanced. It must he accounted folly and ill policy, nay, a disregard for the foundation of our national liberty and safety, to admit those to power who are hound by duty and their princi ples to promote the interest of a foreign Despot, and con,equently cannot, with any sincetity, de- Sire " to accelerate the unrest►icted operation" o f that Code whose fundamental laws they al ready presume to judge and condemn ns " unjust and nowise." But when we come to reflect how subservient all temporal concerns are considered to he to the Ecclesiastical power of the ItomishChureh, am! when we look back upon the means by which she has aggrandized and niaintaioed her temporal and spiritual dominion-, the persecutions she has au tl►orized, the atrocities she has committed, ,the arbitrary anti merciless power she has assumed over those who differ from her in matters of re ligions faith, and the base slavery in which she has enchained her deluded followers, it is suffi cient to impress upon our n►inds the infinite danger which (followiog the causes of their ineligibility) must attend their possession of political power among Protestants. \Ve have seen that our Con stitution is virtually and most essentially Protes tant, and as such heretical and incompatible with the principles of the Itomish Faith ; that the members of the latter arc bound to exterminate a►ul persecute the former, that no assurances or oaths they may offer of fidelity to an Heretical Government are binding, because they may be rendered null, and they may at any time be re leased from such or any obligations by their grand sopetior, the Pope, who claims no It as a power than the absolving subjects of their allegiance, and excommunicating and dethroning even Kings. It is, therefore, impossible for our Constitution to maintain its purity and independence it Papists be allowed any adn►inistration iu it. For they cannot set ve two toasters; they must hold to the one and despise the other—they must hold with and support the interest of their Spiritual Lord, and despise, persecute, and strive for ascendancy over their• opponents. That every kingdom di vided against itself is brought to desolation, Is de clared by " our common Lord, who is our God and their God," and that division most he the consegticoee of admitting Itotnau Catholics to ivoy share of power in our Protest alit Si ate. The co existence in this n4dom of I'rotestat►tistu aunt I'4 , pery is, from their opponent natures, impossible and incompatible with the British Constitu tion. The divideil Kingdom would shortly. hare the font) lation of its present Constitution insidiously undermined, its very vitals sapped, in one word, and in its nio!:.t fearful sense, would be brought down upon our devoted heads " desolation," sweeping with it every ptinciple of civil and reli gious liberty ! In every age, since the beginning of the eighth century (when first the Pope began to assume ar bitrary power,) tumult, sedition, rapine, cruelty, and cold-blooded massacre, Sang 4 iiii ary torture, nod barbarous murder have characterized the progress of Popish zeal to implant their despot standard in every kingdom, and have ever marked their attempts to impose the fetters of supersti tion on mankind, and compel them to acknow ledge the univet sal dominion of the Pope. " The expei leave of ages has proved the truth" of this de claration, Should opportunity at a future time allow me, l purpose to collect in another letter some facts taken from the writings of Papists in the early ages, and comparing them with those of later times, in order that themselves shall prove the fallacy of the pretensions of the Church and Bishop of Rome to infallibility, and shortly exa mine the claim. of the Pope to the despotic and impious asseition, that " Ile who reigned] on high, to whom all po‘ver is given in [leaven and Earth, bath commi:ted the, one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, out of which there is no salvation, to one alone upon earth, namely, to Peter, Prince of the Apostles, and to - the Roman Pontiff, Successor of St. Peter, to be governed with a ple nitude of power. This one he bath constituted Prince over all nations, arid all kingdoms, that he might pluck up, destroy, dissipate, overturn, plant and build," &c.—(Com mencement of Pope Pius Vth's Bull of Excommunication against Queen Elizabeth, A. D. 1570 ) At the present, it is sufficient for me to say, in conclusion, that what has in time past -red, may at future periods again occur that evil has always been the result of political power in the hands of Papists, and Protestant interests have always been persecuted and diminished, and that any proffered security given by Catholics to Protes tants MAY (not to recur to arguments to prove it must) be hereafter proved far ally insufficient. I pot it to every loyal British subject—should we trnst with power the implacable and eternal enemies of our Liberty and religions Faith ? And more particularly I would recommend to the serious consideration of the Members of our Legisla ture, that consonantly to their oaths to uphold the Protestant Establishment, they should resist all concessions ‘vhicit may place political power in the Roman Catholics, guard well against every nonavat ton, and reject their unfounded and uncou stiturional claims ; and consequently that they should rather refuse to withdraw the chief corner stone of our free and noble Constitution—even iid the mast distant possibility only exist, that the ALL MUST BE DRAWN NEXT THUBsDAy. TWO PRIZES OF /..ao,ooo, 34 OTHER CAPITALS OF 1-5,000, 1-1,000, &c. AND ABOVE 1,300 PRIZES OF I-130, L. 50, &c. &c. TO coRREPONDENTS. For the Letter signed ALUERT, see the First Page; and for LITERARY REVIEW, see the Fourth. TIIE.ITRICAL REGIS'T'E R, P,rfanned Last Night. THEATIM RoYA DRUNY-LAVE.—The Beggars' Opera: Cap tain Mr. T. Cooke ; Polly Peachunt, Miss Byrne. Attest which, Tile Sleeping Draught. I'eit:,iritE Ito AL, HOE N.—(ninth time), Rob Roy Macgi egor ; Francis Oshaltlishone, Mr. Sinclair; Diana Vernon, Mrs. Garrick. Atter winch, The Youthful Days of Frederick the Great. MAILS. Auulven-1 Dublin, 2 Waterford, 1 France, 1 Hamburgb, I Flaniltrs. I)uE-2(;(ittenburgle, 1 Lisbon. PIUCE ()F STOCKS THIS ItAY AT rwv.i.vE 3 per Cent. Excli. Bin,. , 2,1, 15s. 19s. pr. 5 per Cent. N. :1,111..1064444 Ditto, India Bonds-- .SGs. 89s. pr. Coils. f,,r Acc0unt.....794-ffi! HIGH WATEIt AT LONDON ISILIDGE To•NIOliltOW. Morning, 51 tilitsincs after 12. Evening, 15 minutes alter 1 'rj jig SUN. •OLEM QUI , Di( EKE FA t 1 1 .\II PEAT ? LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2,181 g. \Ve received last night the Paris Papers of Sun day last, and this morning those of Monday.— The Moniteur of Sunday contains a Royal Onion nance, placing the sale of Gunpowder exclusively in the bands of the General Board of Taxes. The Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, after being for some time occupied with petitions, proceeded to the discussion of the Projet respecting arrest for debt, which was closed in the course of the sit ting, and the first four at tides adopted ; the con sideration of the remaining articles was postponed till Monday, on which day also the discussion on the Budget was to commence, The Chamber of Peers.assembled ott Saturday, and adopted the Projet tegarding the St. Domingo Colonists. We give a few extracts in another column. It is now said that the Duke of WELLINGTON is to leave Paris for London to-morrow. The following are extracts front the Journals o Monday : " PARIS, MARCH 30.—The Duke of Bedford arrived at Paris on Saturday on his way to Swit zerland. Ilis Grace only remained a taw hours in this capital. " There has been an alarming motion of the eart!i in the Department of Cantal. At Vic, 13 houses have been thrown down, and others are in danger. In the road from Attrillac to Saint- Flour, there are several fissures upwards of two feet deep. " Letters from Albi state, that Madame Man son has at length disclosed the whole truth. " Yesterday the Chancellor of France and the Bureau of the Chamber of Peels presented to the King the Projet of Law adopted by the Chamber tor granting further time to ti►e Colonists of Domingo. " Respecting the complaint of Madame de St. Morys, relative to the death cif her husband. killed in a dud by M. Barbier Dufay, the Chamber of Council of the tribunal de Premiere Instance of the Seine, decided on Saturday that there %vas no ground for a further prosectttion•of the - Sieur Bar bier Dufay, " Madame Catalani's benefit on Saturday pro duced 19,200 francs. She Is about to set out for Vienna. " FRENCH FIVE. PHR CENTS. " Sinn - day " TANGIEH, FEB. 27.—The frigate Iviiich.lias been presented to the Dey of Algiers sailed from hence yesterday ; she has on hoard the Algerine Commissary Bertalen, and 25 negroes, who have been purchased to form part of the Dey's guard. " MADRLO, MARCH 17.—We learn from Ca diz, that the equipment of the frigate Diana, which was destined for Lima, is suspended. It is believed that a ship of the line 'and a frigate, part of those which lately arrived, w;11 set sail short ly, to proceed to the South Seas, where they will relieve the frigates VeliptiZil and Esmeralda, and convey some troops to Peru. " ST. PETERSBURG'', FEB. 4.—The Court will riot return here from Moscow till early in July. " It is skirl, that one of the Grand Dukes will be appointed Ifetman of the. Cossack, in the room of Count Matta, deceased. " SrocKnoLm MARCH 10.—The King proceeds o Norway after his Coronation, which will take place rally in May. " rteNpA, MARCH 18.—It is , 44 understood, that , aff6; . the return of the Euti l ieror trotii the Coti gress of Dussehlorff, the Empress will be crown ed Queen of Hungary." This morning we received New York Papers to the 6th of March, Boston to the 30th of Feb., and Philadelphia to the 4th of March. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FE H. 24. OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN. Mr. FoRsYTH, in rising to offer the following Reso!tition, adverted to the documents communi cated to the llonse by the Executive, from time to time, on the subject of our negociations with the Spanish Government, and observed, that it would he seen by these documents that attempts had been male, by negociations at Madrid, and with the Spanish Minister in this Country, to bring the matters in dispute la ith that Government to a final settlement, but it had always been evaded by the Spanish Government. The [louse had been in formed by the President that a negotiation was then opening in Washington, and it was very imp , trtant. Mr. FoLSTII tho l ,lght the Mose should he informed of the result on the slate of that negociation ; for Lis own part, Mr. F. said he was perfect l 0 tired of negociating on our dif ftrences with Spain. There . had been ample time for each Government to know its determinwitm. Mr. F. then submitted the following Reso %Able!' was agreed to withont opposition, and a Committee appointed to comtannicate it to the President : " Resolved, That the Precident of the United Ktates be, and In is he reby' re - guested, if in his opinion it is not incoo sistent with the public interest, to lay liefor,• this Ilon.e 50 much of the Correspondence with the Govei ronent of Spain RA will enable Conttres, to itnlize what ground there is for expecting, an amicable and speeds adin,toient of the differences between that Government and the United States." IRISH EMIGRANT BILL. The House having on motion proceeded to Ole consideration of the Report of the Committee on the Petition of the New Yolk Irish Emigrant So ciety, praying to be allowed to purchase a quantity of Public land in the Illinois Territory, the vest ion on this motion was filially taken, for the Amend ment 71, against it 38, so the Amendment was negatived. The accounts front India received yesterday, which were brought by an over-land dispatch, are said to state that the Rajah of Bi RAR bud re volted against the subsidiary force which it had been thought expedient for our Government to place in his territories. It has hence been infer red, tact he must have had the support of SCINDIA, whoa► other accounts stated to have been secu]ed on our side; and be encouraged also by HOL• KAR, and the PEISFIWA. It is so common for .our Journalists on one side to exaggerate unfavourable reports, and to indulge in gloomy predictions, and for those on the other side to pretend to possess more knowledge of distant events thin it is possible for them to attain, thiit no reliance can he placed on either hand, and therefore we shall not apeculate on Ihe subject, but wait for better information. The Jones of this day has the following passage :-- " It is no indication of national vanity to predict with confidence the .;uccersful termination of these warlil;e opera tions. The maxims prescribed by the 11;irquii W s:Li.t:S LEY for the Government of India, and to be found in another plot of this Journal, are so just, enlightenvd, and humane; that it is not easy to be conceived how wars shoold so frequently spring up, if those maxims were faithfully observed." IVith all possible respect for the kno►t•ledge and judgment of the Marquis WELLESLEY, and for the large and enlightened character of his mind, we cannot help thinking, that the Editor of The Times, in supposing that any maxims can be adapted to all exigencies, is like the man who published a book, which he stiled, " An answer to all the ar guments that have been advanced, or cads be ad vanced, &c," That the .Marquii suggested the best possible max iota under the state ut thin g s, when those arguments were formed, and under probable events at the time, we can easily con ceive, but what human wisdom can provide fur all possible exigencies ? Indeed, The Times an swers itself in the following pa:sae : " flowerer, the dispositions, habits, and spirits of the na tions with which we have to deal in India, must always be taken into consideration, in an inquiry respocting the causes of the wars there," IVe, thetefore, conceive that it is a strong " indication of national vanity to predict, with confidence, the successful termination of these warlike operations," however we may rely on the policy and experience of the Marquis of HASTINGS, who certainly will combine the counsels of his wise Predecessor, the Marquis WELLest.ey,. with the dictates of his own judgment, and a due con sideration of the existing state of affairs. The ADMIRALTY IiOARD, with !hat prompti tuLle with which it alwAys encourages exemplary has, we understand, promoted Moo s ' HOBILLIARD and ARGUIMBW, the yOttng shipmen, whose conduct at Deal was so spirited and commendable, to the rank of Lienteuan"' not poly on .account of that good ,conduct, bat froth the uniforni' testimonitins favOur of .theft paste character, as well as professional krzol (l. ledge and ability. It would be unjust to Capti Al`CoLLocit if tve did not add, that be watche d over the fate of these gallant voting men with tllg anxiety of a parent, and state also, that a fortud Midshiptnan under his command in the saru d vessel was honoured with file same prom°4 Lion for meritorioni conduct—a proof of tile discipline and professional skill of the Cool" !bander, which we are assured are exercised wit h such urbani!y and kindness, as not only to mak e duty light, but a pleasure. But we are induced to resume our attention to this sub" ject on account of its importance; for SatvG" G► INO at Deal and its neighbourhood has reach" e,l such an alarming height, and seems to ceive such comittnance where it ought to trie4 %rid' the most vigorous resistance, that it is a ni imperative duty on the part of Government to interpofe with the lit.t!tot energy, to support 1114 Law , and protect the ItEvENI.J.n.; APPREHENSION OF ElUStitY..--1 . 1113111101 . 1i;1 1 g CO WIN acre teceivecl in town, t.t7rting that Huss( the suppoF•ed murderer of Air. BLED and flo4o-e- Iseeper, lit Greenwich, was taken yesterday:eveni n g atVtroOdstocit, in Oxfordshire : he 13 Vxpected in London by the NVood t ock coach this fteriitloof will ontiergo an evitnination at 8..,w-stree; this evening. We Lave doi,b: of die (act ni the apprelluniion of. this man, but no official re" port of it bad reached the i h urne Departmeut 'NV° this l'oper «.$s put to press. This day the Houses of Pat h.-intent re-asseruh ielt pursuant to adjoisulicnt. liS•cter,lay the PP. REGENT WaS li c ttcr 0 211 he was gm Tuesday, an d g r- i v e . am ti encus to 1 :1 emint CAS ITER , SIDMoi/Tlit Ft ' ) the Earl of Lt V( His Rovui [q t , me ss ceived visits from the Di,kes ut Cuisisrstrt , " l7° CitmucEsTE.ft, and KENT, the Prince of 111: ,55e HomseitG, the PtiaCeiSCS AUGUSTA sad 1:0 , -. 1 / 1 BETH. 'file Princesses temaineti with their Brother neatly t no Yesterday afternoon, MAJEstv, the Pr ill ; cesses AUGUSTA alld'ELl4,\ BETH. rt..ecived " 51 . ,„ front the Prince of HEASE-HOMBERG . . His tieret"" Highness afterwards rotic out 4)41 horseback. 0t" tended by Baron O'NAGrITEN. His Serene 11 1 14 5 ' ' ness received visits at his residence to Sr. Jame'; Palace, from the D.ikes Of CLAli s NCE and 6.01 . 1" . CESTER, ToRRIN;ToN, and Baron HA' DENBROOK. lu the cycling; his Serene 111.;hli cs3 had a dinner party. A Paper of yesterday contained a pat-31:00 i stating that the Princess ELIZABETH some ( 4 " ) f, since discharged her English attendants, s"d the Princess had ordered her sundry nos , 41 1.0 , &c. French houses. This pat agrapti, informed, is erroneous. The P r i nce , tendants but English, anti !lore Of them arc chitiged ; they have ieceiyed ctriee. to quit Royal Highness's service, and are ter ITc-et-- twelve months' wages in advance ; some of til l er's ,. are engaged by the Dike of CLAIIENCF, 11J - Royal Highness is inost humanely exerting' l'er •stdr to get them all nit() employment previo'" her h a ting Eughntl ; some sit them will acc° ll. l pai•:y her alooad. With tespect hvr 11.4) V 1 .Iglitit s4's We dresses, they are all of FA I g .- lish manufacture.— (Morniiig Chronicle) Yesterday the llnkt! and Doc:he's of GLOC C ' 7'Fit had a select liar's' to dinner. Ycs•erday the CilAscri,Loa of the E x ci-tgati li gave a Cabinet dinner, at his house in 1,)0,"i!).6. str.c . ris The Ninth Iteport of the Finance Cifiroliit te come forth : it ;relates to tile Ordnance def l3 , l ; nrent ; but tptr r. crs oth l ing worthy of remark, '; ` - in employed wholly in Matters of attange luel3 and derail. DUEL.—A d'spute arose respecting a Covent-Garden Theatre, oti Monday night , t.vecit Captain N— It. N., and Lieutenant of a Foot illectilig Was appoi" Ted at Chadt Far in, at G o'clock on Tuesday trior niog," At the appointed time and place, the parties, slee t! their seconds, eutemied ; the grontl(l was 1 71,6 soled, eight paces being the distance fixed• t ,„ is parties flied together by signal, but both 57,, proved harmless : y fired again, whet) L i t — 4 ; tenant L.'s ball grazed Captain N.'s bead, " 1 . 1 , - , lot Innately did no st rio ;sly injore biol. BY, t ", - pot , it too of the scc,mds, Oil amicable ad. 14 1 ,5 -; nient of the -'flair took place, and the [tattles le' the ground friends. John Gitrog, chininev-sweeper in Glasgow , 1 , 1 , 41 , 5 been fined in 11,1. for using one of his boys craeny• Oo the 2il tilt. Alr. BLACK, the superintendent of fire-engines, and his men, having been called " j a house on fire in Argyll-Coin t, had to make 3 hole in the wall to get at the vent, recently Oil fire, ..hen they discovered in it a sWee? 1 - O Y' who had been forced tip by his master. A pro' secution was immediately instituted by Mr. 13t,A6 5 ' and the master for sonic time defended ; b it at I .ot plead, d guilty, and threw himself on the piaci of the Court. THE I ,7 oYAGE OF DISCOVVRY NoRTII « ' E SI. PASSAGE ! ! has Caned forth the entrpti3ing oei nius of the British Go vet [intent : the Erpeddio ll SA Is on Monday, but the recenl discovery 111;4 wo (of the Three) RTv TilousANDs ! a re ve, t in• the Wheel, has aroused the ardour of all venture's to hostel . ) with the litinost E r p e dition i" FaToN, 2, CouNnit.L, whure the GOLDEN l ' ` °- SAGE to wealth is eaSV Of access, and sure o f taittment, by those Who APPLY BEF,tia , the Last Day of Dratvittg, when AL I ' the GRANO P,IULLS MUST lb is DRAWN. r btilwarlts of our Constitution may be throvrn down, and that the whole superstructure itself may one day, together with ourselves, be involved and overwhelmed in one common ruin—even on the bare possibility of all this, they should, I say. rather "refuse than by the compliance risk our annihilation, accompanied by the re- establishment of arbitrary, p o wer ; and this, on he otherA k and,. without the expectation or poscibiht?ixof benefit accruing to ourselves, or improvement to our Rights, our Liberties, or our Constitution. ALBERT. 4 ),* We trust that our Correspondent will give us credit for unavoidable causes of delay, which it is not necessary to assign, and we assure him that ‘re will be snoTe attentive to his future com munications.